BJP rebuffs Congress allegations

By Our Staff Reporter
IMPHAL, Jan 23: Claiming that the ruling of the Supreme Court regarding the disqualification of Th Shyamkumar, who defected from the Congress, is not a mandamus, the BJP State unit has rebuffed the allegations made by Congress leaders, adding that the incident has not tarnished the dignity of the Manipur Legislative Assembly Speaker in any way.
Speaking to media persons today, BJP Manipur State unit spokesperson Chongtham Bijoy clarified that all the claims made by AICC general secretary and Manipur in-charge Gaurav Gogoi and CLP leader and former CM Okram Ibobi regarding the disqualification case of Th Shyamkumar, are all false and baseless.
Bijoy explained that as per the law, a disqualification case cannot reach the Court until and unless the Speaker gives a final decision.
When the Speaker Tribunal attempted to close the case, the Congress party resorted to delaying tactics and was absent thrice, he alleged, claiming that the BJP has evidence/record to prove this.
Pointing out that the case cannot skip the Speaker Tribunal, Ch Bijoy opined that after skipping the Tribunal, the case went from one Court to another before landing back at the Tribunal again.
The ruling of the Supreme Court is not a mandamus and this will not have any impact on the dignity of the Speaker, Bijoy added.
Accusing the Congress as a political party which resorts to communal politics the most, Bijoy said that before 1947, there was no place for communalism in India.
In an attempt to make Nehru the Prime Minister, the Congress party masterminded the partition of India on religious lines which led to the biggest communal riots in the history of the world, he claimed.
The communal politics by the Congress, led to the hatred and tension between the Hindus and the Muslims. Riots and religion based violence all occurred during the time of the Congress Government. There has been no such incidents when the  BJP came to power in the Centre, he added, narrating that the death of 2171 Bangladeshis (including 1800 Muslims) at Nellie, Assam on February 18, 1983, and the death of many Muslims during the incident at Kokrajhar, Assam, in July of 2012, all happened during Congress rule.
It was during the Congress rule  in 1984 when more than 3000 Sikhs were killed in Delhi alone, he added.